February 25th- Here Come the Mummies!

These guys were fun! Apparently its a group of studio musicians who dress in costume..black out their face (so you don't know who they are)..get together and play funk! The horn section was rockin'! Sharon and I had a great time. We met Paul and John at the Mercy Lounge and danced our boo-tays off!

I love how they were interacting with me.Maybe they thought it was unusual that I was taking pics of them unlike the other people up front that were taking pics of themselves. LOL

You can see the rest at http://www.ccneal.phanfare.com/album/189905/245731

February 24th- ILP Get Together Nashville, TN

This was my first photography workshop. Well...it was more of a meet-up than a workshop, but I think that I learned a great deal. We were all quizing each other about our business, websites, shot settings...It was great and such a fun time. We all met up at the SATCO downtown and just wandered around downtown Nashville with our cameras and little models...who were such troopers b/c it was pretty terrible weather. It rained on and off the whole time. Here are some of fav shots of the day:

I wish they were looking directly at me, but its a little hard to know where to look when there are many photogs shooting you at once. I was going more for good shot settings than anything.

This was Printers Alley (I believe) I could have done without the van, but I like the idea of the shot.

We were attempting to use reflectors on this one b/c the alley was so dark and the sky soo cloudy. It was tough to keep the ISO low.

Can't wait to do this again!

PS..my new camera bag worked out great! I switched from a backpack to a messenger type bag and I think it was alot more convienant. I could whip it around..change lens..and then put it behind me when I was shooting. Much better than having to take the backpack off...put it on something flat..etc etc

You can more at http://www.ccneal.phanfare.com/album/220775

February 18 - First Paid Shoot!

...and brrrrr it was cold. It started snowing at one point. This band is what started my interest in music photography. I just happened to have my camera with me one night and was goofing around snapping photos and they loved them! ...well that was over a year ago and I if I say so myself I have come a long way in my concert photography skills. The photos below are going to be used for some promotional things they have going on. They are currently in the studio laying tracks and some real exciting things are beginning to happen for them

This one is one my favs b/c they are all actually looking at the camera.

My dh likes this one the best.
This one didn't turn out bad either. All things considering, I think it went well and we all had a nice dinner afterwards.

February 4- Snowy Roads

A few more from our snow day. I have always loved roads..especially country roads.

February 3 - Another snow day pic

We lucked up on this lake with the geese. There are lots all around the perimeter of the lake for sale. I could really see us building a house here. However, its further out than we already live. I really wanted to get closer to work not further away. We are going to go back out there soon and really look around. There are only a few houses their right now. Its definitely worth a second look.

This pic is pretty much SOOC. I bumped the contrast just a bit and cropped it, but thats it.

February 2- Snow Day

I didn't go to work today b/c of the "huge" amount of snow that we got. LOL Instead I made my dh drive me around in his 4x4 so I could take pictures.

This picture is actually two exposures that I combined b/c I realized that my camera automatically metered the shade and completely blew out the roof and sky. You couldn't even tell where the roof ended and the sky began. I ran a few actions on it to see if I could make it more rustic or "older", but in the end I settled for a little contrast and color pop.